The Catholic Independent Schools of Vancouver Archdiocese
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119221398RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($170,991,736) as filed with the CRA.
The Catholic Independent Schools of Vancouver Archdiocese is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $181.1M in revenue and $171M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations, 50% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 142 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13.4M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 1,908 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
1 / advancement of education 2 / operating catholic elementary and secondary schools in the archdiocese of vavcouver
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $181.1M | $171M | $120.1M | $1.9M | — | $74M |
| 2023 | $162.2M | $157.3M | $141.5M | — | — | $64M |
| 2022 | $147M | $144.9M | $130.4M | — | — | $59M |
| 2021 | $144.1M | — | $128.6M | — | $142.9M | $57M |
| 2020 | $143.4M | $137.9M | $124.1M | — | — | $55.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $13.4M from 142 charities:
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$9.5M
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$406K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$184K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$173K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$145K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$138K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$134K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$109K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$106K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$106K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$100K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$97K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$92K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$87K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$86K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$81K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$70K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$68K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$65K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$63K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$63K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$63K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$61K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$58K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$52K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1,908
- Total compensation, all staff$92.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
J. Michael Miller (president); Patrick Chisholm (vice-president); Gregory Smith (secretary); Pierre Pelletier (treasurer); Leo English (member); Hien Nguyen (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Catholic Independent Schools of Vancouver Archdiocese’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119221398RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.